The new state law is named in memory of Plymouth Township Police Officer Brad Fox - a Marine Corps veteran of two tours in Iraq who was murdered two years ago by a convicted felon who got his gun through a straw purchaser.

New mandatory minimum sentences sprang from that case.

Officer Fox's family came out today to hail the crackdown.

His father, Tom Fox, choked back tears when he explained, "What I want out of this law is for ... So that another family doesn't have to go through what we've gone through, and we're continuing to go through."

Brad's mother, Kathy, tells us, "Brad lived and died protecting his country and his community, and he's still working today."

A second straw purchaser was also sentenced today, but the district attorney says Staci Dawson should serve as the poster child.

"If you purchase a firearm, you give that firearm to a convicted felon, we are going to prosecute you. We are going to seek the minimum mandatory sentencing and you are going to spend time in the state penitentiary," Whelan said.